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GHSA-4H6C-MRXR-5R6X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()

Fix afs_break_some_callbacks() to check to see if afs_lookup_volume_rcu() returned NULL (e.g. the specified volume is unknown).

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2026-72373 (GCVE-0-2026-72373)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:56 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:43

Title

afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix missing NULL pointer check in afs_break_some_callbacks() Fix afs_break_some_callbacks() to check to see if afs_lookup_volume_rcu() returned NULL (e.g. the specified volume is unknown).

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a99a617701186dc68…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5492799ec5d27be3b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3e59ff22a0de01ed…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/794a01110390c1b76…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 8230fd8217b7ea76f838ae88e4a5a8e54f37099f , < a99a617701186dc68c7b330d35fc2253f48e2ab2 (git) Affected: 8230fd8217b7ea76f838ae88e4a5a8e54f37099f , < 5492799ec5d27be3bd454dcaf046bc7054f637ae (git) Affected: 8230fd8217b7ea76f838ae88e4a5a8e54f37099f , < e3e59ff22a0de01ed0cf3a3e25558811abc3b70a (git) Affected: 8230fd8217b7ea76f838ae88e4a5a8e54f37099f , < 794a01110390c1b76f59ece773fb0fbfd89c6f5c (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.8 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.8 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-72373 (GCVE-0-2026-72373)

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